Bertin Energy & Environment Looking for Green Energy Supply Solutions for the Giant SKA Radio Telescope
16 Octobre 2019 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Bertin Energy & Environment is supported by the French
private sector research and assistance fund to study possible
energy supply solutions for the South African part of this large
radio telescope. The company will thus offer SKAO and SARAO
scenarios for an economical, reliable and environmentally friendly
energy supply.
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SKA will soon be the largest radio telescope in the
world, ultimately covering a total collector area of one
square kilometer in the Karoo Desert in South Africa (SKA1-MID)
and Murchison County in Australia (SKA1-LOW). Designed by an
international scientific consortium, it aims to study fundamental
questions such as the initial phases of formation of all objects in
the Universe.
With the 64 antennas already in existence through the MeerKAT
South African radio telescope, of which 133 additional
SKA1-MID dishes will be integrated by 2028, the site's
overall energy demand is estimated at 5 MW
approximately. Today, MeerKAT is connected to the local electricity
grid, which is not adapted to support the required power, mainly
supplied by fossil fuels. The objective of this comparative study
is therefore to define a selection of technologies that are best
suited for the South African context, safe, environmentally
friendly and with a long-term perspective.
Bertin is studying the various resources available in the area
concerned: photovoltaic and thermodynamic solar energy,
wind energy, hydropower, hydrogen and
biomass. The experts also study the impact of production
and storage technologies on the environment by integrating
product life cycle analysis. They identified and sized several
solutions to better meet the needs of the SKA project. These
solutions highlight technological innovations, some of
which are French, that make it possible to consider an
economically and technically credible alternative to fossil
resources.
This study thus makes it possible to set up a replicable
analysis methodology for the energy supply of isolated and
export-sensitive sites.
ABOUT BERTIN TECHNOLOGIES
Bertin
Technologies, subsidiary
of CNIM
Group, relies on its long
experience of innovation to offer innovative consulting and
engineering services. Its Bertin Energy Environment
department supports
territories and industries towards energy autonomy and
environmental exemplarity through a complementary set of expertise
related to energy efficiency, process flexibility, renewable and
decentralized energy production, smart grids, microgrids and energy
management systems.
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